Apply "Community of Excellence" framework to Greater Rochester

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Performance Excellence Network

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Performance Excellence Network (PEN Team)

Potential Collaborators: City of Rochester, MN ; Communities of Excellence 2026 ; County of Olmsted, MN ; DMC EDA ; Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium

Related Projects

Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth) ; Journey to Growth Plan

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Business Process, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development

Level 2: Best Practice, Networking, Globalization

DMC Impacts:

Education/Learning Environment

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Tooling  

Background

The leadership organizations in Rochester in 2013 were having conversations with Performance Excellence Network on
how Rochester Could move forward with pilot (including an update on DMC and how this could support DMC and other Rochester initiatives, what other leaders/organizations should be involved, the status of fundraising, whether this group is willing to serve as an initial steering committee, etc.) 

Complex environment requires a systems approach to make progress. COE was a notion of working with PEN to do a lean 6-sigma type of analysis on the community's collaboration resources.

July 11 2013 Meeting

 Attendees include:

Ardell Brede, Mayor, City of Rochester, John Wade, President, Rochester Chamber, Stephen Lehmkuhle, Chancellor, UMR, Jay Hesley, Vice Chancellor, UMR, Gail O’Kaney, President, RCTC, Dave Weber, Chief of Strategic Operations, RCTC, Mike Munoz, Superintendent, Rochester Public Schools, Gary Smith, President, RAEDI, Lisa Clark, Division Chair Public Affairs (and administrator with DMC), Mayo Clinic, Dr. Peter Carryer, retired CEO of Mayo Clinic Health System (and chair of Performance Excellence Network board), Brian Lassiter, President, Performance Excellence Network, Jennifer Burmeister, Director SE Minnesota, Performance Excellence Network, Lowell Kruse, retired from Heartland Health (St. Joe, MO) and part of the “Communities of Excellence” steering committee, Joyce Allegrucci, retired Chief of Staff for Gov Sebelius (now Sec of HHS  Sebelius) part of the “Communities of Excellence” steering committee, Brad Kemp, Communities of Excellence

Our agenda (subject to change slightly) is:

• Welcome, (Re)Introductions
• Opening Remarks
• Reset the Vision for Communities of Excellence 2026 (for those new to the conversation)
• Discuss Progress to Date and General Time of COE2026
• Discuss How Rochester Could Move Forward with Pilot (including an update on DMC and how this could support DMC and other Rochester initiatives, what other leaders/organizations should be involved, the status of fundraising, whether this group is willing to serve as an initial steering committee, etc.)
• Wrap Up

Thank you all for your time and perspective; we look forward to a productive discussion.

Brian Lassiter 

Who's who

  Rochester professionals, Nicky Espinosa, Director of Strategy Management, Mayo Clinic (and executive coach, Nicky Espinosa Coaching),Elsa Maas, Associate HR Director, Olmsted County to be on Performance Excellence Network panel Best Practices in Managing Your Team in 2020 — Aug 20 Webinar

Michael Wojcik renewed a call for planning process enhancement.

Good to learn that Olmsted County embraces LEAP  ... " which is being used right now at Mayo Clinic and IBM and many other business in this community". 

As the region's various initiatives roll out, is there a willingness and a recognition that the LEAP commitment and mindset should be extended from Olmsted County admin to other public, private and social agencies whose collective effort should be aligned to ensure continuous improvement to reduce frictions and improve productivity?

2. Career Opportunities for Women of Color

Application Due April 5, 2024: Workforce Development, Inc. is seeking a friendly and professional Career Navigator to join our team.  

City Council Approved Requests for City Council Approval of two DEI Contracts: 

Contract 1: 2024: Professional Development: Cultural Humility Series $41.3K; 

Contact 2 : Critical Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit ($30K); Cultural Humility Professional Development Series: Digging Deeper $13.5K ;  

Video clip of council discussions and voting and related info about GoodEnough.

We invite community organizations and partners who expressed interest in the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) initiative to participate at no cost in several opportunities hosted by CEACR.

To act on September 21, 2020 council resolutions for the city staff to develop a Intercultural City action plan.  

P2S Implementation Report

P2S Update Request for Proposal 

Employer subsidies: 1. The state of Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) program offers grants to help train or retrain your workforce.; .2. New Minnesota Fund Reimburses Employers for Costs of Reasonable Accommodations

2023 Annual Report

DEI Presentation Topics: Language Access and Accessibility; Equity in the Built Environment; 2024 Initiatives

Economic Development Incentives for Housing

Mayor Updates: Black History Month, Luther College: Mutable City; International Relations Committee

“This new model positions us to better learn from our residents and address community needs.”

Open Beam Comments : Accountability of actions and results

1Q 2024:

Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report

Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report

Special callouts 

DMCC Board Updates:

1. Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting: Video Clip of Discussion at Feb 1 2024 DMCC Board - DMC part of MedTech 3.0; Memo to DMCC

2. Nov. 2023 Video Clip of Discussion at DMCC Board Meeting about MN MedTech 3.0 Description and Webinar

References: US DEA Tech Hub Awardees 

Two parttime roles

Community Connector – Somali Speaking

Community Connector – Spanish Speaking

1. PB Reporting Empowering 11th-grade students

2. Trade Readiness: Message from program manager and program flyers; Trades Readiness Certificate program

3. Video recording at Jan 10. 2024 Equity Alliance Talk 

4. Star Tribune Feb 17, 2024 Reporting

A sample of collection of Beam-aware Community Co-design Reports including:

Discovery Walk, Child Care, Equity in Built Environment, Food access, etc

Learn more on Dashboard Beam.